The Dust That Falls From Dreams

In the brief golden years of King Edward VII’s reign, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of war that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood.When the boys end up scattered along the Western Front, Rosie faces the challenges of life for those left behind. Confused by her love for two young men – one an infantry soldier and one a flying ace – she has to navigate her way through extraordinary times. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War?Louis de Bernières’ magnificent and moving novel follows the lives of an unforgettable cast of characters as they strike out to seek what happiness can be built from the ruins of the old world.

'Louis de Bernières is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh ... he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste.' -- The Evening Standard

Louis de Bernières was born in London in 1954. After graduating in Philosophy from the Victoria University of Manchester, he took a postgraduate certificate in Education at Leicester Polytechnic and passed his MA, with distinction, at the University of London.Louis de Bernières, who lives in Norfolk, published his first novel in 1990 and was selected by Granta magazine as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists in 1993. Since then he has become well known internationally as a writer and his sixth novel, Birds Without Wings, came out in 2004. Captain Corelli's Mandolin (1994), won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Novel. A Partisan's Daughter 2008, was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and his new book, Notwithstanding: English Village Stories, was published in Autumn 2009.As well as writing, he plays the flute, mandolin, clarinet and guitar. David Sibley is an English actor and audiobook narrator. He has been seen on-screen in 45 Years (2015), Gandhi (1982) and Guest House Paradiso (1999). He has narrated an array of audiobooks including, So Much Life Left Over and The Dust That Falls From Dreams by Louis de Bernières. Avita Jay is a theatre, film, television and voice actress. Trained at Drama Studio London, Avita has appeared on stage in Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Unsung, Warde Street, Pioneer, Peer Gynt, Rapunzel and Bring on the Bollywood. Her television and film credits include L8R (BBC2), Emmerdale (ITV), the Bollywood feature London, Paris, New York and the musical short film Miser’s Dream. She has also narrated a wide range of audiobooks.

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